PROJECTS

A) Status of Solar Projects

20 MW Solar Project, Manamunda:.

GEDCOL has been allotted 20 MW Solar Power Plant at Manmunda in Boudh district under
Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), Phase-II, Batch-I.

The project is awarded to M/s BHEL under an Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC)
contract for construction with O&M for 10 years.

The 20 MW capacity has been commissioned successfully to the State Grid during Mar. 2016
(15 MW) and June 2016 (5 MW).

Rooftop Solar Project:

MNRE has sanctioned 4 MW Solar Rooftop project on the non-residential Govt. buildings in
twin city of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar through PPP mode. 199 nos. of buildings have been
identified (126 in Bhubaneswar and 73 in Cuttack) for taking up Roof Top installations.

LOA has been placed on 09.06.2016 with M/s AZURE Power Ltd. for a project cost of Rs. 8
Crore per MW and levellised tariff of Rs. 5.69/kWh for 25 years. The Project Implementation
Agreement (PIA) has been signed on 30.07.2016. The project is scheduled to be completed in
3 phases of 0.2 MW (by Dec. 2016), 0.8 MW (by Mar. 2016) and remaining 3 MW (by Sep.
2017).

Besides above, GEDCOL is contemplating to replicate the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Rooftop
project to other cities in the State. To start with Sambalpur, Burla, Hirakud, Rourkela, Puri,
Khurda, Berhampur, Chhattrapur, Jeypore, Koraput, Sunabeda, Balasore, Bhadrak and
Baripada towns will be taken up. GEDCOL is also looking forward to extend the Scheme to the
Central Govt. buildings and State Govt. Residential Quarters in Bhubaneswar & Cuttack. The
total Rooftop Project capacity is expected to be around 10 MW

Solar Projects in OPTCL Sub-station Premises:

GEDCOL is under process to develop Solar Plants on the un-utilized lands available inside
OPTCL Grid Sub-stations at Duburi, Baripada, Bolangir, Koraput & Rairangpur including OHPC
Power House at Mukhiguda.

DPR has been prepared by Gujarat Energy Research & Management Institute (GERMI) for
16.4 MW capacity at these sites.

Preparation of Tender for selection of EPC contractor is under process.

1000 MW Solar Park in Odisha:

Odisha has shown interest for development of Solar park under the scheme of MNRE.
MNRE has allocated 1000MW Solar park to odisha for development under its Solar park
scheme. Approx. 4000acres of land has been identified at Balasore bhogari & Bhhanga and
Land identification across the other districts is also under progress for development of
Solar park.

B) Small Hydro Electric Projects

Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been prepared for 3 MW (2 X 1.5MW), Jambhira SHEP in
Mayurbhanj District and 4.2 MW (2 X 2.1 MW), Kanupur SHEP in Keonjhar District . Mou has
been signed with Engineer in Chief (Electricity) for development of Kanpur SHEP.

Pre-Feasibility Report (PFR) for 13 (thirteen) nos. SHEPs with approximate capacity of 168
MW have been prepared by GEDCOL.

Out of these 13 SHEPs, GEDCOL has requested State Technical Committee (STC) for allotment
of 4 nos. SHEPs namely, Kharag - I, II, IIA and III (Kandhamal District) of capacity 96 MW in
favour of GEDCOL for development.

Apart from this, Board of Directors of GEDCOL has also accorded approval to take up Salki – 1,
2 & 3 (Kandhamal District) projects for a capacity of about 36 MW. The proposals has been
submitted to STC for allotment.

PFR for another SHEP namely, Garjan Khol (Angul District) of approx. 10 MW capacity is under
preparation by M/s WAPCOS.

GEDCOL and Steel Authority of India Limited, Rourkela have agreed to develop 15 MW,
Mandira SHEP in Sundargarh District in Joint Venture mode. Preliminary survey has been
completed by M/s MECON and site for installation of Power House has been finalized. DPR for
the same is under preparation by M/s MECON.